A man walking past a building during a thunderstorm in the southern province of Guangdong spotted a baby who had climbed dangerously onto the window sill of a 2nd floor.
In the video footage he was joined by another bystander, and both threw up their arms in anticipation of the child's fall.
Finally the infant tumbled down into the pair's arms.
Some reports on the incident Sunday have said he was a one-year-old looking for his mother.
Not those other geniuses putting down soggy pieces of cardboard as if that'd cushion the fall.